Freeware PC games thread (/w screenshots)

[Kane]

>kane..so do both OS's install on C:?

Um sorta.... VPC creates a big file on your HDD which is an image of the virtual drive

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some more freeware

http://bemaniadx.s3.xrea.com/

bemaniaDX project - freeware beatmania simulator for pc

compatible with BM98 .bms songs;
on the pic you see I'm about to start my self-made bms (yeah, I made one once, without editor even (!), just plain notepad. It's an XM song of mine changed into BMS )

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[sights]

...ok, I thought I'd stop being a lazy batard, and actually post something here...

At first I thought of freeware games like Starfight 6 and Battlecruiser 3000 AD, but both are huge downloads.

There is always the freeware Star Control 2 remake, "The UR-Quan Masters", but a link to that has been posted before.

Then I thought of Christian Pinder's excellent freeware classic Elite remake: "Elite - the new kind", but I discovered that its no longer available due to legal issues with David Braben.

...as a final effort to post something with "space" content, I turned to Elite's sequels "Frontier" & "First Encounters". The Elite Club has the final patched vesions available as shareware , but a friend told me that even after the 30-day period expires, nothing really happens, and the game can continue as usual, so I guess its technically freeware... :grin:

...so, if you're not too bored, and can cope with DOS and 320x200 VGA graphics, then by all means, give them a try .

below is a collage of some (admittedly not-so-cool) shots from both games...

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[MoJo]

People here should have known about ScummVM. That's the best emu I've ever seen for Lucas Art Adventure game. I begin to download ISO image from eDonkey of such games: DOTT, Indiana Jones, etc.
Does anyone know which site they port classic DOS games to Linux?

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[sights]

Originally Posted by MoJo

People here should have known about ScummVM. That's the best emu I've ever seen for Lucas Art Adventure game. I begin to download ISO image from eDonkey of such games: DOTT, Indiana Jones, etc.
Does anyone know which site they port classic DOS games to Linux?

...err... ScummVM can emulate various Lucasarts adventures, and its free, but the games themselves (unfortunately) are not freeware. So please don't post about "downloading the ISOs from eDonkey", as its against the forum's rules.

[Babynel05]

These games are great but the soldat link doesnt seem to work for me...
Got a mirror?

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[Strider]

Exile 3 is fun when youre really bored... but my favourite freeware game of all time has to be sierra's Betrayal At Krondor

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[sights]

Originally Posted by Strider

my favourite freeware game of all time has to be sierra's Betrayal At Krondor

excellent choice !! I have very fond memories of this RPG.


Here are some more freeware games:

Gene Rally is a highly customizable top-view arcade game. Try it out.

Recreational Warfare (RecWar) . Blast your opponents to oblivion, in this top-viewed, fast paced, shootin' frenzy of a game. Highly addictive !!

In light of the recent announcements for remakes of two of my all time favorite classics, Sid Meier's Pirates! and Geoff Crammond's Stunt Car Racer , I will post a couple of freeware game remakes:

First up, is Sentry . Sentry is of course a remake of Geoff Crammond's masterpiece "The Sentinel", one of the most memorable 8-bit sensations of the mid 80's.

Second one, is Cris Wild's remake of Mike Singleton's Lords of Midnight . In the site you can also find a remake of the sequel, Doomdark's Revenge. So, play it. Knock yourself out. Make sure however, that all sharp objects are in a safe distance away from you - you may get the urge of slitting your wrists, after you gaze at the Spectrum-like graphics !!

The game pics below, are in the same order the games were presented.

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[daemonspeed]

heres sum more freeware:

DDR = Dance Dance Revolution. There are a number of simulators, but these two are the best.

StepMania http://www.stepmania.com
Dance with Intensity! http://dwi.ddruk.com

These are both compatible with the DWI format. The graphics are so smooth, and the textures are only being rendered from PNG files!

[OK-OK]

There is this new Return to the Castle to the Wolfenstein game, it's a free mp game using the same 3d engine.

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[N1ghtw0lf]

and anyone who wants some MMORPG's go here...just about the best site i've found for them...they may not be he most top quality...but they're free!

http://gamebox.uwolife.com/index.php

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[Strider]

>excellent choice !! I have very fond memories of this RPG.

heh, thx, i also like this game quite a bit, good music, very nice storyline, pretty fun to play, the graphics werent the best but they didnt even have to be because the game was fun

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[Razor Blade]

I have a question. Can you get old games like wolfenstein 3d, scortched earth and other games like that for free now?

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[didamangi]

Originally Posted by OK-OK

There is this new Return to the Castle to the Wolfenstein game, it's a free mp game using the same 3d engine.

Hello to everyone, new member here.

Enemy Territory is what you mean, it's a free multiplayer game from Activision, it's supposed to be an addon for Return To Castle Wolfenstein but somehow it end up being a free game. I have play it for about 2 weeks and it is a good fun and intelligent game, maybe even better than CS (gasp!).

Hey if any of you like pinball, then check out visual pinball, a free pinball game and editor, you can build your own pinball table. here's the screenshots link

http://www.randydavis.com/vp/screenshot.htm

and here's where to dload it http://www.randydavis.com/vp/download.htm#Latest

but you have to be a member of their forum, but hey, if you like pinball give it a try.

[N1ghtw0lf]

Originally Posted by Razor Blade

I have a question. Can you get old games like wolfenstein 3d, scortched earth and other games like that for free now?

abandonware...i get it all the time...yes its free as long as your absolutely positive its not sold any more...and return to castle wolfenstein is free i believe because it came whole on pc gamer at a time...

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awsome!

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Warning Forever

very nice and original shmup with only boss characters.

homepage:

http://www18.big.or.jp/~hikoza/

the other shooter on there, shooters solitude system 4, is also pretty cool.

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[Hadji]

I tried out both of the shooters listed above by Samor, and I have to give a thumbs up. WF is a great game to play when you've got a few minutes to spare, but not enough time to fire up, say, Tiger Woods Golf 2003. I love the look of the game, too. Reminds me of REZ.

Like the other game, too, with the only downfall being that I don't read the guy's native tongue, so I'm not exactly sure how the power-up syster works. Both great games, though.

[Kellicros]

Originally Posted by Strider

Exile 3 is fun when youre really bored... but my favourite freeware game of all time has to be sierra's Betrayal At Krondor

heh, played that game years ago, I liked it a lot.

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[Zobes]

DOSBox emulates a real mode 386, with a VGA card and SB Sound. The upcoming next version will run some protected mode games as well, and will support VESA. The main problem of DOSBox is it's speed. A 500 Mhz P3 is the bare minimum to run 8088 games, and you'll need a 1GHz machine to run 386 games at an ok speed. A dynarec is planned, but it's not implemented yet.

DOSBox uses SDL, and runs in Windows, Linux, MacOS X (check fink.sf.net), Morphos...


For the SB sound in games that run in XP, try VDMSound, it's a freeware Sound Blaster emulator for Win2k/XP. There is an alpha win9x version, that may be usefull to people who have a sound card without DOS drivers (Audigy2, onboard AC97 packed with the lates VIA boards...).

About old games compatibility on new computers, Check VOGONS. They have some nice fixes for common problems, and a nice part of the old games tech "scene" hangs in there (DOSBox, VDMSound and ScummVM coders).